Chapter 366         The signs of the reduction of the vassal

When it was almost dawn outside, a flying guard who had arrived from the capital arrived at the Prince of Wu's Mansion and asked to see Li Yu.

Because of the thief who entered the palace tonight, Li Yu was not asleep yet, so he immediately received the flying guard.

When the flying guard saw Li Yu, he immediately stepped forward quickly, intervened and saluted, and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Highness!"

Seeing that he was dusty and covered in dust on his face, Li Yu first asked his servant to pour him a large bowl of water, and then asked the servant to bring a wet towel.

Feiwei hurriedly thanked him, drank a large bowl of water in one go, and then wiped his face randomly with a hand towel.

He rested for a moment and said to Li Yu: "Your Highness, not long ago, Duke Xuan and the Secretary of the Secretariat Zhou Neng, wrote a memorial to the emperor and suggested that the emperor should immediately reduce the vassal states!"

When Li Yu heard this, his eyes flashed.

Cut down the vassal?

He was silent for a moment and asked, "How did the emperor decide?"

"The emperor summoned the Shangshu Ling, the Zhongshu Ling, and the left and right officials of the Menxia Provincial Department to discuss this matter."

"Can a conclusion be finally made?"

"The emperor decided to adopt the memorial of the Secretariat, and first reduce the military power of the vassal kings.

The vassal kings, except for necessary guards, cannot have any government troops!"

Li Yu stood up, walked slowly in the lobby with his hands behind his back.

Li Yu could understand that the eldest brother wanted to deprive the vassal king of the palace army.

After all, when the rebellion of the Five Kings occurred, the elder brother was inevitably afraid of the military power of the vassal kings.

Feiwei turned around, faced Li Yu, bowed and continued, "Also, in the future, without the emperor's emperor's emperor's imperial edict, all the vassal kings are not allowed to leave the palace without authorization!"

Li Yu's walking body suddenly stopped and looked at Feiwei in surprise.

Do not leave the house without authorization?

Isn't this... not house arrest?

He stared at Feiwei for a while and asked, "Is there any?"

"The border troops of Pyeongchang County will... be all cut off! Another... another..."

“What else?

Say it quickly!”

"In addition, I ask Your Highness to return to Wu immediately. The sugarcane fields that Your Highness reclaimed in Pyeongchang County must be...received all of them to the court!"

His words made Li Yu dumb.

The eldest brother not only had to remove the border troops in his hands, but also handed over all the sugarcane fields he had worked hard to develop to the court?

Why?

Who did you mess with?

He is here in Pyeongchang County and just wants to do some side jobs and make some money. Why did he make his elder brother so afraid?

Furthermore, he made money not for his own enjoyment, but for supporting 50,000 border soldiers.

Without these border troops, can the tribes of Xiaoyang Kingdom calm down?

Can Pyeongchang County and even the southwestern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty be stable and peaceful?

It would be too cruel and toxic for my elder brother to do this?

The flying guard reported the situation and secretly looked at Li Yu, but did not dare to say anything more. He bent and retreated aside.

This time, Li Ju made up his mind to attack the vassal kings.

Even Li Yu, who had a strong personal relationship with him, was not spared.

On the contrary, Li Ju punished Li Yu the most.

It can be said that he wanted to pull out Li Yu's foundation in Pyeongchang County without leaving any trace of it.

If you really don’t take action, you will never be able to avoid future troubles.

Li Yu paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.

At this time, Li Yu was really a little discouraged.

I worked so hard in Pyeongchang County, and I had been doing so many things. Why did I do so?

What's the point?

Wouldn't it be good to go back to your fiefdom to enjoy your happiness?

What does the chaos or not in the southwest border have to do with him?

Did the people here suffer the slaughter of the barbarians and have some dimes to do with him?

No matter how much he did, the court could not see it, but instead became more and more afraid of him.

Seeing Li Yu walking around constantly, the flying guard said carefully: "Your Highness, the imperial edict... may be passed to Pyeongchang County soon. Your Highness... needs to prepare early!"

Li Yu smiled bitterly.

Prepare?

What preparations are made?

Do you not follow the order?

Or should we imitate the Five Kings and follow them to create the Big Brother’s rebellion?

Li Yu is now one head, two big ones.

At this time, Lu Fang, who had been sitting quietly by the side, suddenly spoke: "Brother, your highness already knows the matter in the capital. You go down and rest first!"

Feiwei looked at Li Yu and nodded when he saw the latter. He intervened and left the lobby.

After he left, Li Yu shook his head to Lu Fang and said, "I didn't expect that my brother was so cautious about me."

Lu Fang could understand Li Ju's approach.

Because of the rebellion of the Five Kings, Li Ju is now afraid of the vassal kings and has many concerns.

Instead of being worried all day long, afraid that any vassal king would suddenly raise an army to rebel, it would be better to cut the mess quickly and reduce the military power in the vassal king's hands to a minimum.

As for Li Ju's sanctions on Li Yu, he is actually just treating everyone equally.

After the Five Kings Rebellion was quelled, Li Ju would most likely re-activate Li Yu.

It must be that Li Ju, the new king, also needs a capable helper to help him govern the world together.

Li Yu is a man with both ability but no ambitions and is the most ideal helper.

But Lu Fang would not analyze this to Li Yu.

He said with some meaning: "Your Highness's throne was granted by the late emperor and was ordered by the heavens. The formation of the border army was approved by the late emperor himself."

The implication is that everything Li Yu has now is given by the predecessor.

And when today's son has a bad throne, what qualifications do he have to deprive everything the previous emperor of Li Yu?

I have to say that Lu Fang is very good at grasping the weaknesses of human nature.

Even if what he said was a fallacy, it would make people feel very reasonable.

Li Yu narrowed his eyes and stopped pacing back and forth.

Lu Fang continued: "Transfer Your Highness to Wu and abolish the border troops of Pingchang County. This Pingchang New City, which was finally established, will be destroyed again! And the efforts made by Your Highness in the Su Nu tribe, the Hayi tribe, and even the Boy tribe will be wasted.

"The most important thing is that Your Highness thinks, is this over?"

Li Yu turned his head and looked straight at Lu Fang.

Lu Fang said: "Slashing off the vassal king's government army and limiting the freedom of the vassal kings is just the first step. After all the vassal kings become trapped beasts trapped in the vassal king's palace and cannot move forward in an instant, next, what I want today is probably..."

Speaking of this, Lu Fang suddenly paused, then raised his index finger and gently tapped his head.

What the emperor wants next is...

life!

Li Yu's body shook and took a deep breath.

He shook his head subconsciously and said, "No?"

"Really not?"

Lu Fang was happy and said slowly: "Does Your Highness overestimate the status of brotherhood and family affection in today's heart?"

Will a person who can even kill his biological father, think of his brotherhood?

Li Yu was stunned and couldn't speak for a long time.

As Feiwei reminded, Li Yu now must make a decision immediately.

Otherwise, it would be too late for Li Yu to respond to the situation when the imperial edict was officially issued to Pyeongchang County.
Chapter completed!